Please Note: This schedule is subject to change. If changes occur, I will notify you ahead of time. The following schedule lists reading and written assignments on the days they are due. Please refer to the syllabus for page numbers.
Remember that response papers are due at 8 AM the day of class. Class presentation written and visual components are due online by 9 PM the night before class meets (this should always fall on a Wednesday night). ER = electronic reading
Week 1: Course Introduction
Th 8/22: Introductions, Syllabus Review and Course Policies
Week 2: From Companionate Marriage to Gothic Homes – 19th Century Selections
T 8/27: Washington Irving, “The Wife” (1820) (ER)
Sarah Wentworth Apthorp Morton, “Stanzas to a Husband Recently United” (1823) (ER)
Discussing close reading strategies
Th 8/29: Edgar Allan Poe, “The Fall of the House of Usher” (1839) and “The Haunted Palace” (1839) (ER)
Charlotte Perkins Gilman, “The Yellow Wallpaper” (1892), “Why I Wrote ‘The Yellow Wallpaper’” (1913), and “Turned” (1911) (ER)
Sample Response Paper
How to write a response paper
Week 3: The Marital Marketplace – Edith Wharton
T 9/3: Edith Wharton, The House of Mirth (1905) Book I, chapters 1-4 (page 3-45 in my edition)
Discuss class presentation assignment
Distributing class presentation sign-up sheet
Th 9/5: Edith Wharton, The House of Mirth (1905), Book I, chapters 5-15 (pages 45-158 in my edition)
→Response Papers: Group 1 (1/4)
→Response Papers: Group 2 (1/4)
Week 4: Edith Wharton, continued
T 9/10: Edith Wharton, The House of Mirth (1905), Book II, chapter 1-4 (pages 159-202 in my edition)
→Response Papers: Group 3 (1/4)
Th 9/12: Edith Wharton, The House of Mirth (1905), Book II, chapter 5-end (pages 202-289 in my edition)
→Class Presentation #1
Week 5: Modernist Women and the Harlem Renaissance
T 9/17: Edna St. Vincent Millay, “I Think I Should Have Loved You Presently” (1922) and “I, Being Born a Woman and Distressed” (1923) (ER)Dorothy Parker, “Big Blonde” (1929) (ER)
→Response Papers: Group 1 (2/4)
Th 9/19: Claude McKay, “The Harlem Dancer” and “Harlem Shadows” (1917) (ER)
Jean Toomer, “Karintha,” “Becky,” and “Blood-Burning Moon” (1923) (ER)
Zora Neale Hurston, “Sweat” (1926) (ER)
→Class Presentation #2
Discussing research paper proposal assignment
Week 6: Fathers and Sons – William Faulkner and Ernest Hemingway
T 9/24: William Faulkner, “Barn Burning” (1939) (ER)
→Response Papers: Group 2 (2/4)
Th 9/26: Ernest Hemingway, selections from In Our Time (1925): "On the Quai at Smyrna" (pg. 11-12), Chapter I (pg. 13), "Indian Camp" (pg. 15-19), Chapter II (pg. 21), "The Doctor and the Doctor's Wife" (pg. 23-27), Chapter III (pg. 29), "The End of Something" (pg. 31-35), Chapter VI (pg. 63), "A Very Short Story" (pg. 65-66), Chapter VII (pg. 67), "Soldier's Home" (pg. 69-77), Chapter IX (pg. 83), "Mr. and Mrs. Elliot" (pg. 85-88), Chapter X (pg. 89), "Cat in the Rain" (pg. 91-94), Chapter XIII (pg. 113), "My Old Man" (pg. 115-129)
→Response Papers: Group 3 (2/4)
→Class Presentation #3
Suggestions for locating and annotating sources
Week 7: The Nuclear Family in Crisis – Arthur Miller
T 10/1: Arthur Miller, Death of a Salesman (1949), Act I (page 1-51 in my edition)
→Response Papers: Group 1 (3/4)
Th 10/3: Arthur Miller, Death of a Salesman (1949), Act II through end (page 52-112 in my edition)
→Class Presentation #4
Writing a strong thesis statement
Week 8: Discontented Women and Desperate Housewives – Mid-Century Selections; Prospectus Due
T 10/8: Carson McCullers, “A Domestic Dilemma” (1951) and “The Haunted Boy” (1955) (ER)
Th 10/10: Sylvia Plath, selected poems (ER): "Lady Lazarus," "Cut," "Lesbos," "Daddy," and "The Munich Mannequins"
*Bring a complete draft of your research prospectus and annotated bibliography to class (2 copies)*
*Friday, October 11: Research prospectus due electronically by 5:00 PM*
Week 9: The (Racially) Haunted House – Toni Morrison
T 10/15: Toni Morrison, Beloved (1987), page 3-59 in my edition
Begins with: "124 was spiteful"
Ends with: "the shadows of three people still held hands."
Th 10/17: Toni Morrison, Beloved (1987), pages 60-173 in my edition
Begins with: "A fully dressed woman walked out of the water."
Ends with: "that she didn't like the look of at all. At all."
→Response Papers: Group 2 (3/4)
→Response Papers: Group 3 (3/4)
Week 10: Toni Morrison, continued
T 10/22: Toni Morrison, Beloved (1987), pages 174-235 in my edition
Begins with: "When the four horsemen came"
Ends with: "thoughts of the women of 124, unspeakable thoughts, unspoken."
→Response Papers: Group 1 (4/4)
Th 10/24: Toni Morrison, Beloved (1987), page 236-end
Begins with: "Beloved, she my daughter"
Ends with: "Certainly no clamor for a kiss. Beloved."
→Class Presentation #5
Discussing paper organization
Week 11: Research Paper Week
T 10/29: Paper Questions and Peer Review Activities; Discussion of Revision
*Bring a complete draft of your research paper to class (2 copies)*
Th 10/31: CLASS CANCELED FOR MANDATORY CONFERENCE APPOINTMENTS
*Friday, November 1: Research paper due electronically by 5:00 PM*
Week 12: Apocalypse at Home – Don DeLillo
T 11/5: Don DeLillo, White Noise (1985), chapter 1-11 (page 1-53 in my edition)
Th 11/7: Don DeLillo, White Noise (1985), chapter 12-21 (page 54-163 in my edition)
→Response Papers: Group 2 (4/4)
Discussing final project
Week 13: Don DeLillo, continued
T 11/12: Don DeLillo, White Noise (1985), chapter 22-28 (page 167-219 in my edition)
→Response Papers: Group 3 (4/4)
Th 11/14: Don DeLillo, White Noise (1985), chapter 29-end (page 220-326 in my edition)
→Class Presentation #6
Week 14: Domesticity and Zombies – The Walking Dead
T 11/19: Robert Kirkman and Tony Moore, The Walking Dead, Volume 1: Days Gone Bye (2003), beginning through Rick and Lori's discussion at camp (ends with a close up of Rick saying "...I haven't had time to be scared")
Note: The Walking Dead does not have page numbers, so I have indicated the section to read with quotations from the text
Review of final project requirements
Th 11/21: Robert Kirkman and Tony Moore, The Walking Dead, Volume 1: Days Gone Bye (2003), read from panel of Rick, Carl and Lori asleep in the tent through the end
Possible in-class screening: The Walking Dead, Season 1, Episode 1 (2010)
Week 15: Final Project Presentations
T 11/26: *Final Project Presentations*
Th 11/28: NO CLASS – THANKSGIVING
Week 16: Course Conclusion
T 12/3: *Final Project Presentations*
Last day of class
*Monday, December 9: Written Rationale of Creative Project due electronically by 5:00 PM* Week 1: Course Introduction Th 8/22: Introductions, Syllabus Review and Course Policies Week 2: From Companionate Marriage to Gothic Homes – 19th Century Selections T 8/27: Washington Irving, “The Wife” (1820) (ER) Sarah Wentworth Apthorp Morton, “Stanzas to a Husband Recently United” (1823) (ER) Discussing close reading strategies Th 8/29: Edgar Allan Poe, “The Fall of the House of Usher” (1839) and “The Haunted Palace” (1839) (ER) Charlotte Perkins Gilman, “The Yellow Wallpaper” (1892), “Why I Wrote ‘The Yellow Wallpaper’” (1913), and “Turned” (1911) (ER) Sample Response Paper How to write a response paper Week 3: The Marital Marketplace – Edith Wharton T 9/3: Edith Wharton, The House of Mirth (1905) Book I, chapters 1-4 (page 3-45 in my edition) Discuss class presentation assignment Distributing class presentation sign-up sheet Th 9/5: Edith Wharton, The House of Mirth (1905), Book I, chapters 5-15 (pages 45-158 in my edition) →Response Papers: Group 1 (1/4) →Response Papers: Group 2 (1/4) Week 4: Edith Wharton, continued T 9/10: Edith Wharton, The House of Mirth (1905), Book II, chapter 1-4 (pages 159-202 in my edition) →Response Papers: Group 3 (1/4) Th 9/12: Edith Wharton, The House of Mirth (1905), Book II, chapter 5-end (pages 202-289 in my edition) →Class Presentation #1 Week 5: Modernist Women and the Harlem Renaissance T 9/17: Edna St. Vincent Millay, “I Think I Should Have Loved You Presently” (1922) and “I, Being Born a Woman and Distressed” (1923) (ER) Dorothy Parker, “Big Blonde” (1929) (ER) →Response Papers: Group 1 (2/4) Th 9/19: Claude McKay, “The Harlem Dancer” and “Harlem Shadows” (1917) (ER) Jean Toomer, “Karintha,” “Becky,” and “Blood-Burning Moon” (1923) (ER) Zora Neale Hurston, “Sweat” (1926) (ER) →Class Presentation #2 Discussing research paper proposal assignment Week 6: Fathers and Sons – William Faulkner and Ernest Hemingway William Faulkner, “Barn Burning” (1939) (ER) →Response Papers: Group 2 (2/4) Th 9/26: Ernest Hemingway, selections from In Our Time (1925): "On the Quai at Smyrna" (pg. 11-12), Chapter I (pg. 13), "Indian Camp" (pg. 15-19), Chapter II (pg. 21), "The Doctor and the Doctor's Wife" (pg. 23-27), Chapter III (pg. 29), "The End of Something" (pg. 31-35), Chapter VI (pg. 63), "A Very Short Story" (pg. 65-66), Chapter VII (pg. 67), "Soldier's Home" (pg. 69-77), Chapter IX (pg. 83), "Mr. and Mrs. Elliot" (pg. 85-88), Chapter X (pg. 89), "Cat in the Rain" (pg. 91-94), Chapter XIII (pg. 113), "My Old Man" (pg. 115-129) →Response Papers: Group 3 (2/4) →Class Presentation #3 Suggestions for locating and annotating sources Week 7: The Nuclear Family in Crisis – Arthur Miller T 10/1: Arthur Miller, Death of a Salesman (1949), Act I (page 1-51 in my edition) →Response Papers: Group 1 (3/4) Th 10/3: Arthur Miller, Death of a Salesman (1949), Act II through end (page 52-112 in my edition) →Class Presentation #4 Writing a strong thesis statement Week 8: Discontented Women and Desperate Housewives – Mid-Century Selections; Prospectus Due T 10/8: Carson McCullers, “A Domestic Dilemma” (1951) and “The Haunted Boy” (1955) (ER) Th 10/10: Sylvia Plath, selected poems (ER): “Lady Lazarus," "Cut," "Lesbos," "Daddy," and "The Munich Mannequins" *Bring a complete draft of your research prospectus and annotated bibliography to class (2 copies)*
*Friday, October 11: Research prospectus due electronically by 5:00 PM* Week 9: The (Racially) Haunted House – Toni Morrison T 10/15: Toni Morrison, Beloved (1987), page 3-59 in my edition Begins with: "124 was spiteful" Ends with: "the shadows of three people still held hands." Th 10/17: Toni Morrison, Beloved (1987), pages 60-173 in my edition Begins with: "A fully dressed woman walked out of the water." Ends with: "that she didn't like the look of at all. At all." →Response Papers: Group 2 (3/4) →Response Papers: Group 3 (3/4) Week 10: Toni Morrison, continued T 10/22: Toni Morrison, Beloved (1987), pages 174-235 in my edition Begins with: "When the four horsemen came" Ends with: "thoughts of the women of 124, unspeakable thoughts, unspoken." →Response Papers: Group 1 (4/4) Th 10/24: Toni Morrison, Beloved (1987), page 236-end Begins with: "Beloved, she my daughter" Ends with: "Certainly no clamor for a kiss. Beloved." →Class Presentation #5 Discussing paper organization Week 11: Research Paper Week T 10/29: Paper Questions and Peer Review Activities; Discussion of Revision *Bring a complete draft of your research paper to class (2 copies)* Th 10/31: CLASS CANCELED FOR MANDATORY CONFERENCE APPOINTMENTS *Friday, November 1: Research paper due electronically by 5:00 PM* Week 12: Apocalypse at Home – Don DeLillo T 11/5: Don DeLillo, White Noise (1985), chapter 1-11 (page 1-53 in my edition) Th 11/7: Don DeLillo, White Noise (1985), chapter 12-21 (page 54-163 in my edition) →Response Papers: Group 2 (4/4) Discussing final project Week 13: Don DeLillo, continued T 11/12: Don DeLillo, White Noise (1985), chapter 22-28 (page 167-219 in my edition) →Response Papers: Group 3 (4/4) Th 11/14: Don DeLillo, White Noise (1985), chapter 29-end (page 220-326 in my edition) →Class Presentation #6 Week 14: Domesticity and Zombies – The Walking Dead T 11/19: Robert Kirkman and Tony Moore, The Walking Dead, Volume 1: Days Gone Bye (2003), beginning through Rick and Lori's discussion at camp (ends with a close up of Rick saying "...I haven't had time to be scared"). Note: The Walking Dead does not have page numbers, so I have indicated the section to read with quotations from the text Review of final project requirements Th 11/21: Robert Kirkman and Tony Moore, The Walking Dead, Volume 1: Days Gone Bye (2003), read from panel of Rick, Carl and Lori asleep in the tent through the end Possible in-class screening: The Walking Dead, Season 1, Episode 1 (2010) Week 15: Final Project Presentations T 11/26: *Final Project Presentations*
Th 11/28: NO CLASS – THANKSGIVING
Week 16: Final Project Presentations and Course Conclusion T 12/3: *Final Project Presentations* Last day of class
*Monday, December 9: Written Rationale of Creative Project due electronically by 5:00 PM*
The following schedule lists reading and written assignments on the days they are due. Please refer to the syllabus for page numbers.
Remember that response papers are due at 8 AM the day of class.
Class presentation written and visual components are due online by 9 PM the night before class meets (this should always fall on a Wednesday night).
ER = electronic reading
Week 1: Course Introduction
Th 8/22: Introductions, Syllabus Review and Course Policies
Week 2: From Companionate Marriage to Gothic Homes – 19th Century Selections
T 8/27: Washington Irving, “The Wife” (1820) (ER)
Sarah Wentworth Apthorp Morton, “Stanzas to a Husband Recently United” (1823) (ER)
Discussing close reading strategies
Th 8/29: Edgar Allan Poe, “The Fall of the House of Usher” (1839) and “The Haunted Palace” (1839) (ER)
Charlotte Perkins Gilman, “The Yellow Wallpaper” (1892), “Why I Wrote ‘The Yellow Wallpaper’” (1913), and “Turned” (1911) (ER)
Sample Response Paper
How to write a response paper
Week 3: The Marital Marketplace – Edith Wharton
T 9/3: Edith Wharton, The House of Mirth (1905) Book I, chapters 1-4 (page 3-45 in my edition)
Discuss class presentation assignment
Distributing class presentation sign-up sheet
Th 9/5: Edith Wharton, The House of Mirth (1905), Book I, chapters 5-15 (pages 45-158 in my edition)
→Response Papers: Group 1 (1/4)
→Response Papers: Group 2 (1/4)
Week 4: Edith Wharton, continued
T 9/10: Edith Wharton, The House of Mirth (1905), Book II, chapter 1-4 (pages 159-202 in my edition)
→Response Papers: Group 3 (1/4)
Th 9/12: Edith Wharton, The House of Mirth (1905), Book II, chapter 5-end (pages 202-289 in my edition)
→Class Presentation #1
Week 5: Modernist Women and the Harlem Renaissance
T 9/17: Edna St. Vincent Millay, “I Think I Should Have Loved You Presently” (1922) and “I, Being Born a Woman and Distressed” (1923) (ER)Dorothy Parker, “Big Blonde” (1929) (ER)
→Response Papers: Group 1 (2/4)
Th 9/19: Claude McKay, “The Harlem Dancer” and “Harlem Shadows” (1917) (ER)
Jean Toomer, “Karintha,” “Becky,” and “Blood-Burning Moon” (1923) (ER)
Zora Neale Hurston, “Sweat” (1926) (ER)
→Class Presentation #2
Discussing research paper proposal assignment
Week 6: Fathers and Sons – William Faulkner and Ernest Hemingway
T 9/24: William Faulkner, “Barn Burning” (1939) (ER)
→Response Papers: Group 2 (2/4)
Th 9/26: Ernest Hemingway, selections from In Our Time (1925): "On the Quai at Smyrna" (pg. 11-12), Chapter I (pg. 13), "Indian Camp" (pg. 15-19), Chapter II (pg. 21), "The Doctor and the Doctor's Wife" (pg. 23-27), Chapter III (pg. 29), "The End of Something" (pg. 31-35), Chapter VI (pg. 63), "A Very Short Story" (pg. 65-66), Chapter VII (pg. 67), "Soldier's Home" (pg. 69-77), Chapter IX (pg. 83), "Mr. and Mrs. Elliot" (pg. 85-88), Chapter X (pg. 89), "Cat in the Rain" (pg. 91-94), Chapter XIII (pg. 113), "My Old Man" (pg. 115-129)
→Response Papers: Group 3 (2/4)
→Class Presentation #3
Suggestions for locating and annotating sources
Week 7: The Nuclear Family in Crisis – Arthur Miller
T 10/1: Arthur Miller, Death of a Salesman (1949), Act I (page 1-51 in my edition)
→Response Papers: Group 1 (3/4)
Th 10/3: Arthur Miller, Death of a Salesman (1949), Act II through end (page 52-112 in my edition)
→Class Presentation #4
Writing a strong thesis statement
Week 8: Discontented Women and Desperate Housewives – Mid-Century Selections; Prospectus Due
T 10/8: Carson McCullers, “A Domestic Dilemma” (1951) and “The Haunted Boy” (1955) (ER)
Th 10/10: Sylvia Plath, selected poems (ER): "Lady Lazarus," "Cut," "Lesbos," "Daddy," and "The Munich Mannequins"
*Bring a complete draft of your research prospectus and annotated bibliography to class (2 copies)*
*Friday, October 11: Research prospectus due electronically by 5:00 PM*
Week 9: The (Racially) Haunted House – Toni Morrison
T 10/15: Toni Morrison, Beloved (1987), page 3-59 in my edition
Begins with: "124 was spiteful"
Ends with: "the shadows of three people still held hands."
Th 10/17: Toni Morrison, Beloved (1987), pages 60-173 in my edition
Begins with: "A fully dressed woman walked out of the water."
Ends with: "that she didn't like the look of at all. At all."
→Response Papers: Group 2 (3/4)
→Response Papers: Group 3 (3/4)
Week 10: Toni Morrison, continued
T 10/22: Toni Morrison, Beloved (1987), pages 174-235 in my edition
Begins with: "When the four horsemen came"
Ends with: "thoughts of the women of 124, unspeakable thoughts, unspoken."
→Response Papers: Group 1 (4/4)
Th 10/24: Toni Morrison, Beloved (1987), page 236-end
Begins with: "Beloved, she my daughter"
Ends with: "Certainly no clamor for a kiss. Beloved."
→Class Presentation #5
Discussing paper organization
Week 11: Research Paper Week
T 10/29: Paper Questions and Peer Review Activities; Discussion of Revision
*Bring a complete draft of your research paper to class (2 copies)*
Th 10/31: CLASS CANCELED FOR MANDATORY CONFERENCE APPOINTMENTS
*Friday, November 1: Research paper due electronically by 5:00 PM*
Week 12: Apocalypse at Home – Don DeLillo
T 11/5: Don DeLillo, White Noise (1985), chapter 1-11 (page 1-53 in my edition)
Th 11/7: Don DeLillo, White Noise (1985), chapter 12-21 (page 54-163 in my edition)
→Response Papers: Group 2 (4/4)
Discussing final project
Week 13: Don DeLillo, continued
T 11/12: Don DeLillo, White Noise (1985), chapter 22-28 (page 167-219 in my edition)
→Response Papers: Group 3 (4/4)
Th 11/14: Don DeLillo, White Noise (1985), chapter 29-end (page 220-326 in my edition)
→Class Presentation #6
Week 14: Domesticity and Zombies – The Walking Dead
T 11/19: Robert Kirkman and Tony Moore, The Walking Dead, Volume 1: Days Gone Bye (2003), beginning through Rick and Lori's discussion at camp (ends with a close up of Rick saying "...I haven't had time to be scared")
Note: The Walking Dead does not have page numbers, so I have indicated the section to read with quotations from the text
Review of final project requirements
Th 11/21: Robert Kirkman and Tony Moore, The Walking Dead, Volume 1: Days Gone Bye (2003), read from panel of Rick, Carl and Lori asleep in the tent through the end
Possible in-class screening: The Walking Dead, Season 1, Episode 1 (2010)
Week 15: Final Project Presentations
T 11/26: *Final Project Presentations*
Th 11/28: NO CLASS – THANKSGIVING
Week 16: Course Conclusion
T 12/3: *Final Project Presentations*
Last day of class
*Monday, December 9: Written Rationale of Creative Project due electronically by 5:00 PM*
Week 1: Course Introduction
Th 8/22: Introductions, Syllabus Review and Course Policies
Week 2: From Companionate Marriage to Gothic Homes – 19th Century Selections
T 8/27: Washington Irving, “The Wife” (1820) (ER)
Sarah Wentworth Apthorp Morton, “Stanzas to a Husband Recently United” (1823) (ER)
Discussing close reading strategies
Th 8/29: Edgar Allan Poe, “The Fall of the House of Usher” (1839) and “The Haunted Palace” (1839) (ER)
Charlotte Perkins Gilman, “The Yellow Wallpaper” (1892), “Why I Wrote ‘The Yellow Wallpaper’” (1913), and “Turned” (1911) (ER)
Sample Response Paper
How to write a response paper
Week 3: The Marital Marketplace – Edith Wharton
T 9/3: Edith Wharton, The House of Mirth (1905) Book I, chapters 1-4 (page 3-45 in my edition)
Discuss class presentation assignment
Distributing class presentation sign-up sheet
Th 9/5: Edith Wharton, The House of Mirth (1905), Book I, chapters 5-15 (pages 45-158 in my edition)
→Response Papers: Group 1 (1/4)
→Response Papers: Group 2 (1/4)
Week 4: Edith Wharton, continued
T 9/10: Edith Wharton, The House of Mirth (1905), Book II, chapter 1-4 (pages 159-202 in my edition)
→Response Papers: Group 3 (1/4)
Th 9/12: Edith Wharton, The House of Mirth (1905), Book II, chapter 5-end (pages 202-289 in my edition)
→Class Presentation #1
Week 5: Modernist Women and the Harlem Renaissance
T 9/17: Edna St. Vincent Millay, “I Think I Should Have Loved You Presently” (1922) and “I, Being Born a
Woman and Distressed” (1923) (ER)
Dorothy Parker, “Big Blonde” (1929) (ER)
→Response Papers: Group 1 (2/4)
Th 9/19: Claude McKay, “The Harlem Dancer” and “Harlem Shadows” (1917) (ER)
Jean Toomer, “Karintha,” “Becky,” and “Blood-Burning Moon” (1923) (ER)
Zora Neale Hurston, “Sweat” (1926) (ER)
→Class Presentation #2
Discussing research paper proposal assignment
Week 6: Fathers and Sons – William Faulkner and Ernest Hemingway
William Faulkner, “Barn Burning” (1939) (ER)
→Response Papers: Group 2 (2/4)
Th 9/26: Ernest Hemingway, selections from In Our Time (1925): "On the Quai at Smyrna" (pg. 11-12),
Chapter I (pg. 13), "Indian Camp" (pg. 15-19), Chapter II (pg. 21), "The Doctor and the Doctor's Wife" (pg. 23-27), Chapter III (pg. 29), "The End of Something" (pg. 31-35), Chapter VI (pg. 63), "A Very Short Story" (pg. 65-66), Chapter VII (pg. 67), "Soldier's Home" (pg. 69-77), Chapter IX (pg. 83), "Mr. and Mrs. Elliot" (pg. 85-88), Chapter X (pg. 89), "Cat in the Rain" (pg. 91-94), Chapter XIII (pg. 113), "My Old Man" (pg. 115-129)
→Response Papers: Group 3 (2/4)
→Class Presentation #3
Suggestions for locating and annotating sources
Week 7: The Nuclear Family in Crisis – Arthur Miller
T 10/1: Arthur Miller, Death of a Salesman (1949), Act I (page 1-51 in my edition)
→Response Papers: Group 1 (3/4)
Th 10/3: Arthur Miller, Death of a Salesman (1949), Act II through end (page 52-112 in my edition)
→Class Presentation #4
Writing a strong thesis statement
Week 8: Discontented Women and Desperate Housewives – Mid-Century Selections; Prospectus Due
T 10/8: Carson McCullers, “A Domestic Dilemma” (1951) and “The Haunted Boy” (1955) (ER)
Th 10/10: Sylvia Plath, selected poems (ER): “Lady Lazarus," "Cut," "Lesbos," "Daddy," and "The Munich
Mannequins"
*Bring a complete draft of your research prospectus and annotated bibliography to class (2 copies)*
*Friday, October 11: Research prospectus due electronically by 5:00 PM*
Week 9: The (Racially) Haunted House – Toni Morrison
T 10/15: Toni Morrison, Beloved (1987), page 3-59 in my edition
Begins with: "124 was spiteful"
Ends with: "the shadows of three people still held hands."
Th 10/17: Toni Morrison, Beloved (1987), pages 60-173 in my edition
Begins with: "A fully dressed woman walked out of the water."
Ends with: "that she didn't like the look of at all. At all."
→Response Papers: Group 2 (3/4)
→Response Papers: Group 3 (3/4)
Week 10: Toni Morrison, continued
T 10/22: Toni Morrison, Beloved (1987), pages 174-235 in my edition
Begins with: "When the four horsemen came"
Ends with: "thoughts of the women of 124, unspeakable thoughts, unspoken."
→Response Papers: Group 1 (4/4)
Th 10/24: Toni Morrison, Beloved (1987), page 236-end
Begins with: "Beloved, she my daughter"
Ends with: "Certainly no clamor for a kiss. Beloved."
→Class Presentation #5
Discussing paper organization
Week 11: Research Paper Week
T 10/29: Paper Questions and Peer Review Activities; Discussion of Revision
*Bring a complete draft of your research paper to class (2 copies)*
Th 10/31: CLASS CANCELED FOR MANDATORY CONFERENCE APPOINTMENTS
*Friday, November 1: Research paper due electronically by 5:00 PM*
Week 12: Apocalypse at Home – Don DeLillo
T 11/5: Don DeLillo, White Noise (1985), chapter 1-11 (page 1-53 in my edition)
Th 11/7: Don DeLillo, White Noise (1985), chapter 12-21 (page 54-163 in my edition)
→Response Papers: Group 2 (4/4)
Discussing final project
Week 13: Don DeLillo, continued
T 11/12: Don DeLillo, White Noise (1985), chapter 22-28 (page 167-219 in my edition)
→Response Papers: Group 3 (4/4)
Th 11/14: Don DeLillo, White Noise (1985), chapter 29-end (page 220-326 in my edition)
→Class Presentation #6
Week 14: Domesticity and Zombies – The Walking Dead
T 11/19: Robert Kirkman and Tony Moore, The Walking Dead, Volume 1: Days Gone Bye (2003), beginning
through Rick and Lori's discussion at camp (ends with a close up of Rick saying "...I haven't had time to be scared").
Note: The Walking Dead does not have page numbers, so I have indicated the section to read with quotations from the text
Review of final project requirements
Th 11/21: Robert Kirkman and Tony Moore, The Walking Dead, Volume 1: Days Gone Bye (2003), read
from panel of Rick, Carl and Lori asleep in the tent through the end
Possible in-class screening: The Walking Dead, Season 1, Episode 1 (2010)
Week 15: Final Project Presentations
T 11/26: *Final Project Presentations*
Th 11/28: NO CLASS – THANKSGIVING
Week 16: Final Project Presentations and Course Conclusion
T 12/3: *Final Project Presentations*
Last day of class
*Monday, December 9: Written Rationale of Creative Project due electronically by 5:00 PM*